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What’s Your LinkedIn Type?
March 9, 2014
In 2013, LinkedIn exploded in popularity among professionals, but not all LinkedIn users are created equally. Below are seven levels of LinkedIn users. See if you can identify your type. • The Absentee. • The Duplicate. • No Face. • Friends with Strangers. • The Benevolent. • The Closers.
March 9, 2014
In 2013, LinkedIn exploded in popularity among professionals, but not all LinkedIn users are created equally. Below are seven levels of LinkedIn users. See if you can identify your type. • The Absentee. • The Duplicate. • No Face. • Friends with Strangers. • The Benevolent. • The Closers.
Neudesic Pulse: Like a Law Firm’s Private LinkedIn
March 9, 2014
A challenge for large law firms is keeping tabs on their talent. Which lawyers have which skills and knowledge? Who are the go-to partners or associates for specific problems or issues? The larger and more dispersed the firm, the more difficult this becomes. Lateral comings and goings only further complicate the problem. A firm may house skills and expertise that others in the firm are unaware of or unable to identify. What if a firm could have a searchable, LinkedIn-like directory, accessible...
March 9, 2014
A challenge for large law firms is keeping tabs on their talent. Which lawyers have which skills and knowledge? Who are the go-to partners or associates for specific problems or issues? The larger and more dispersed the firm, the more difficult this becomes. Lateral comings and goings only further complicate the problem. A firm may house skills and expertise that others in the firm are unaware of or unable to identify. What if a firm could have a searchable, LinkedIn-like directory, accessible...
Online Vendor: The Customer Isn’t Always Right
March 8, 2014
It is natural for a company to want to go as far as possible to protect its online reputation, but business owners should think very carefully before attempting to inhibit negative reviews of their products. Attorney and former Arcata, Calif., Mayor Harmony Groves Kessler discusses the negative media attention bestowed on online retailer KlearGear.com, which attempted to claim $3,500 from a couple for writing a critical review. KlearGear.com had placed a nondisparagement clause in its terms of use prohibiting...
March 8, 2014
It is natural for a company to want to go as far as possible to protect its online reputation, but business owners should think very carefully before attempting to inhibit negative reviews of their products. Attorney and former Arcata, Calif., Mayor Harmony Groves Kessler discusses the negative media attention bestowed on online retailer KlearGear.com, which attempted to claim $3,500 from a couple for writing a critical review. KlearGear.com had placed a nondisparagement clause in its terms of use prohibiting...
Good Laugh at Conference Calls
March 8, 2014
While many issues highlighted here are applicable also to video conferences, at least there is no need to constantly state who’s talking (“hi, this is Beth”).
March 8, 2014
While many issues highlighted here are applicable also to video conferences, at least there is no need to constantly state who’s talking (“hi, this is Beth”).
How to Make Yourself Work When You Just Don’t Want To
March 8, 2014
There’s that project you’ve left on the backburner – the one with the deadline that’s growing uncomfortably near. And there’s the client whose phone call you really should return – the one that does nothing but complain and eat up your valuable time. Wait, weren’t you going to try to go to the gym more often this year? Can you imagine how much less guilt, stress, and frustration you would feel if you could somehow just make yourself do the things you don’t want to do when you are actually...
March 8, 2014
There’s that project you’ve left on the backburner – the one with the deadline that’s growing uncomfortably near. And there’s the client whose phone call you really should return – the one that does nothing but complain and eat up your valuable time. Wait, weren’t you going to try to go to the gym more often this year? Can you imagine how much less guilt, stress, and frustration you would feel if you could somehow just make yourself do the things you don’t want to do when you are actually...
Copyright Office Ex-GC Calls Foul on Google Books
March 8, 2014
What does the former general counsel of the Copyright Office, Jon Baumgarten, think about the Southern District of New York’s...
March 8, 2014
What does the former general counsel of the Copyright Office, Jon Baumgarten, think about the Southern District of New York’s...
Challenging Technical Inertia at Law Firms
March 8, 2014
The panel "Why Does It Cost $800,000 to Produce a Document?" at the Chief Information & Technology Officers Forum started with a story and ended with good advice on how to mesh technology with law firm culture. Roberta Gelb has seen many things in her position as President of Chelsea Office Systems, which she has run since its inception in 1984. She began the panel “Why Does it Cost $800,000 to Produce a Document?” at the Chief Information & Technology Officers Forum with...
March 8, 2014
The panel "Why Does It Cost $800,000 to Produce a Document?" at the Chief Information & Technology Officers Forum started with a story and ended with good advice on how to mesh technology with law firm culture. Roberta Gelb has seen many things in her position as President of Chelsea Office Systems, which she has run since its inception in 1984. She began the panel “Why Does it Cost $800,000 to Produce a Document?” at the Chief Information & Technology Officers Forum with...
Local Police Department Wins Top Honors in Negotiation Competition
March 7, 2014
The ability to negotiate effectively is a useful tool for attorneys and other professionals. Sometimes, however, good negotiation skills can mean the difference between life and death for everyone involved. An Austin Metro-area police department has reportedly won first place in a recent law enforcement negotiation competition. Earlier this month, negotiators from the Round Rock, Texas Police Department and SWAT team took top honors following the Texas State University Department of Criminal...
March 7, 2014
The ability to negotiate effectively is a useful tool for attorneys and other professionals. Sometimes, however, good negotiation skills can mean the difference between life and death for everyone involved. An Austin Metro-area police department has reportedly won first place in a recent law enforcement negotiation competition. Earlier this month, negotiators from the Round Rock, Texas Police Department and SWAT team took top honors following the Texas State University Department of Criminal...
West Virginia Supreme Court Supplies Guidance on Compelling Consumer Arbitration
March 7, 2014
In the ongoing dialectic between West Virginia’s high court and the U.S. Supreme Court (e.g., Marmet Health Care Center...
March 7, 2014
In the ongoing dialectic between West Virginia’s high court and the U.S. Supreme Court (e.g., Marmet Health Care Center...
Exponentials: Artificial Intelligence
March 7, 2014
Artificial intelligence Computer science researchers have been studying Artificial Intelligence (AI) since John McCarthy introduced the term in 1955.5 Defined loosely as the science of making intelligent machines, AI can cover a wide range of techniques, including machine learning, deep learning, probabilistic inference, neural network simulation, pattern analysis, decision trees and random forests, and others. For our purposes, we focus on how AI can simulate reasoning, develop knowledge, and allow...
March 7, 2014
Artificial intelligence Computer science researchers have been studying Artificial Intelligence (AI) since John McCarthy introduced the term in 1955.5 Defined loosely as the science of making intelligent machines, AI can cover a wide range of techniques, including machine learning, deep learning, probabilistic inference, neural network simulation, pattern analysis, decision trees and random forests, and others. For our purposes, we focus on how AI can simulate reasoning, develop knowledge, and allow...
